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Medical Malpractice Results in 27-Year-Old Woman’s Death

Saturday, February 14th, 2009

In 2007 a 27-year old Nevada woman died from complications of cancer. The big news is her doctor misdiagnosed her on several occasions. After a long court trial a jury awarded the woman’s family $2.5 million in a medical malpractice suit. The suit is thought to be the largest in the last five years. Elisa [...]

Proper Diagnosis

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

They could diagnose me with the proper equipment, she told me. I raced over to another clinic where they performed ultrasounds and waited again.

Cancer Misdiagnosis

Friday, September 1st, 2006

Perhaps the only thing more frightening than a diagnosis of cancer is a diagnosis of cancer that is not correct. Unfortunately many people receive false diagnoses of cancer and either undergo further and unnecessary diagnostic tests, or aggressive chemotherapy before the error is found. The emotional and physical impact of such an error can be [...]